Track Listing:
| 1. Rags and Bones |
| 2. Have You Heard |
| 3. Juliet (Keep That in Mind) |
| 4. Avalanche |
| 5. Mainstream |
| 6. Pirate Moon |
| 7. Apparition #13 |
| 8. Razor Valentine |
| 9. God Knows |
| 10. Heads Will Roll |
| 11. Eight Months |
| 12. The Cracks |
Lyrics
Rags And Bones
Through the iron winter
To the fires of June
Through the five o'clock skyline
To the deadlocked moon
There's a flickering figure
Dancing alone
Making her junk pictures out of rags and bones
Well the vapour is rising
Between the seedling and the vine
And all the shadows in waiting
Are wasting their time
Cos my veins are tracking street maps
And the compass and the stones
And I'm still making my junk pictures out of rags and bones
Oh yeah the hammer and the nail
Oh yeah the hearts and the small change
Oh yeah and the devils in the detail
And in my rags and bones
Well it's a fist through the window
Its the wine that you bought
Its a far cry from the shackles
Of cognitive thought
Its the lines on a fridge door
Just see how they've grown
Up from little junk pictures made from rags and bones
And now the candles flickered out
The walls have been built
And they are racking up the weapons
Of blood and piss and guilt
The voices have been silenced
But they belong to anyone
These little junk pictures made from rags and bones
These little junk pictures made from rags and bones
Have You Heard
Have you heard the broken English
Have you heard the chorus line
Have you heard they're taking aim now
And taking their own sweet time
Have you heard the cards are on the green
Have you heard what they have seen
Have you heard
Have you hear the towers are shaking
Heard the Bible isn't true
Have you heard that you're mistaken
To want something to cling to
Have you heard the record they've got playing
Have you heard what they've been saying
Have you heard
Have you heard they came for money
Have you heard they picked the fight
Heard we'd be marching into glory
If we could paint it black or white
Have you heard the visions of the blind
Have you heard what they will find
Have you heard
Have you heard they loaded up the needle
Have you heard they know the cure
Heard both the beauty and the evil
Have their feet nailed to the floor
Have you heard about the smoke
Have you heard this little joke
Well have you heard
Have you heard that you're a liar
Have you heard the music died
Have you heard that the messiah
Went and joined the other side
Have you heard what I'm about
Have you heard I got found out
Well have you heard
Have you heard the altars crumbling
Have you heard they sold his blood
Can you hear the ship is coming
From the creaking of the wood
Have you heard the 61 salutes
Have you heard the simple truth
Well have you heard
Have you heard the 61 salutes
Can you hear the simple truth
What a swell party this is
Have you heard?
Juliet (Keep That In Mind)
(Capo 1st fret, so that song is in key of
D flat major, but chords are played in key of Cmajor)
C
They found sixth-form poetry
F G C F G
Scrawled on the walls of your old bedroom
C
And Friday night is gonna free-fall through club lust
F G C F G
Angel dust and sweet perfume
C F
You remind me of some art-house black and white I saw
G C F G
They'd coloured in with chalk
C F
And are you wise wise beyond your years
G C F G
Or are you all talk?
F C G C
Now don't you think something's gotta happen soon
F C G C
Its been so long now since they changed that tune
F G C F G C F G
Oh Juliet Keep that in mind
C F
There’s something so beautifully chic
G C F G
About burning out so young
C F
You accessorise with bruises on your cheek
G C F G
And cool tricks of the tongue
F Am C F G
And you're spending Saturday alone drowning heartache out
With cheap red wine
F
I know you Wanna make the news
Am G C F G
But lately all you do is memorize the headlines
F G
Sometimes you'll count the days
F G
Sometimes you'll slip away
F G
But there are watches to unwind
F/A bass G
And ladders still to climb
F C G C
Now don't you think something's gotta happen soon
F C G C
Its been so long now since they changed that tune
F G C
Oh Juliet Keep that in mind
And there's still time to steal
There's still a few hearts to heal
Now don't you think something's gotta happen soon
Its been so long now since they changed that tune
Oh Juliet Keep that in mind
Avalanche
Three pm
Blue as a road sign
With a bag and some cheap wine
The suns in my eyes
Between
The smoke trails of aircraft
The kite tails and light shafts
There's a language in the sky
There are bones
Living under the viaduct
Sleeping down by the railway line
Making wagers with the day
There's a rumour
Dirty as a chimney stack
Quiet as roadkill
On the northbound carriageway
And who's gonna raise a hand
When all we were taught to do was dance
Who'll be able to stand
After this avalanche
Well they sold you
Back your outrage
In a neat little shrink-wrap
And a beautiful face
And you think
That you've found your purpose
While they've been trailing the breadcrumbs
Of a watertight case
So you're shouting
But you're shouting softly
So no-one can hear you
And get the wrong idea
But behind
The closing eye of the tabloids
We will be waiting
And we'll say it clear
Cos who's gonna raise a hand
When all we were taught to do was dance
Who'll be able to stand
After this avalanche
Mainstream
Headstrong, heavy weather going at it hell for leather
Red lights flashing on some little pop song
Boys get out your Balzac this empire’s gonna strike back
The critics and the diplomats are living in a tin shack
Break neck full tilt climb the ladders they built
Angels in the abattoir junking up a good guitar
Stale city bandwidth you don't get the language
But don't pick on the girl who’s only turning on the light switch
Are you gonna swim the mainstream
Or are you gonna make like lightning
Heads up they'll say history was a big mistake
Chews you up spits you out then asks you what the lips about
There's an old tin army a young James Dean
And another kind of war that is raging in your bloodstream
Wild fire wild card this girls been barred
They drew the weapon read the rules and sent the rebels back to school
They'll book you for the next crime catch you in the nick of time
So don't trust the captain who is sailing in a straight line
Are you gonna swim the mainstream
Or are you gonna make like lightning
Say your prayers stay polite, busy saving daylight
Age plays dirty tricks you're looking like a counterfeit
Who’s gonna train us? Can you really blame us?
If we grow up we're all going to be famous
Pirate Moon
Up in the midnight blue
That's where I'm going to
Up where the sirens scream
Through every misplaced dream
Up with the pirate moon
In bloody Monochrome
That's where I'll call my home
Up where the stars will die
Before they can reach your eyes
Up with the Pirate Moon
Above the mirrored sea
That's where I'm going to be
Up where the whisper fails
In scar tissue of vapour trails
Up with the pirate moon
Up in the cloud ballet
That’s where I'm going to stay
I could just disappear
You cannot reach me here
Up with the pirate moon
Apparition #13
You have narrowed it down
To pictures or memory
You have narrowed it down
To dots on a screen
You have narrowed it down
To the few or the many
You have narrowed it down
'Til there's no space in between
You have narrowed it down
To the heat or the fever
You have narrowed it down
To opinion or blood
You have narrowed it down
To belief or believer
You have narrowed it down
To a drought or a flood
Razor Valentine
I love you like a whisper
I love you all alone
I love you like a murder babe
I'm burying the bones
I love you like the last shot
At the bottom of the bottle
I love you razor valentine
I love you like the dancing dust
I love you like the static
I love you like the tarmac
Loves the kiss of morning traffic
I Love you like the factory smoke
Wraps it arms around the sky
I love you razor valentine
Oh I've been moving kind of slow don't you think so?
Oh I've been taming bloody hearts into valentines
I love you like a ruin babe
I love you like a crime
I love you like a drunk
At the sound of closing time
I love you as the seconds on my tongue
Are running wild
I love you razor valentine
God Knows
God knows god knows the direction
We're heading in tonight
God knows god knows that when we're gone
They'll paint our shadows white
God knows god knows most wars are lost
Before they even start
And God knows god knows you'll count the cost
With blood or with your heart
With your heart
I know it all worked out wrong
I know the next line to you cradle song
God knows god knows the sky lit up
As the theatre closed down
And I think you know I still love you
You're still the brightest glow around
God knows god knows The seasons change
Summer came and went
God knows god knows we've all got one
A favourite descent
God knows god knows we'll soldier on
To the final righteous breath
But God knows god knows the heart has gone
We've just got roses left
Roses left
Heads Will Roll
There's dirt in the machine
Where there's oxygen there’s rust
A thousand eyes are blinking
To drown a tiny speck of dust
No I'm not after crashing parties
I want your cobwebbed soul
And believe me
Heads will roll
Do you watch the latest traumas
In radiation dots
Oh the wide-eyed executioner
Gunpowder, treason, plot
Is there an ugly little mirror
Living down there in your hole
Take a good look
And heads will roll
Oh did you think that you'd scrape by
Through all the faultlines you have seen
Did you think you could deny
The shit you're standing in?
So concrete runs in rivers
But there's sugar here to suck
And absolution.com delivers
With a little bit of luck
There's no new ground being broken
You're just doing as you're told
But any day now
Heads will roll
Eight Months
Indian Summer
Toronto sings
This is the gateway
To everything
Heading south down
The pan American
Lord give me eight months
Eight months
To get it done
Fortaleza
Would make you cry
Cold canyon sunrise
Russian vines
I'll catch these days as
Londons' leaves fall
Lord give me eight months
Eight months
To see it all
Aroura Borealis
The Blue daystar
I'm chasing sunsets, cities, taillights
To get that far
Cut the sky to
Wellington
Then Sydney bathing
In blue neon
Karakorams to rest
In purple skies
Lord Give me eight months
Eight months
To open my eyes
Lord Give me eight months
Eight months
To open my eyes
The Cracks
E Am E Am
Don't stop singing its a beautiful sound
E Am E Am
I'll get the drinks in before we hit the ground
B A E
I don't know who'll speak first
B A E
And it doesn't matter tonight
Am E
Lets be best strangers
Am E
They closed the bar an hour ago
Am E
The last train whistles down the track
B A
But I see something growing
E Am E
Up from the cracks
E Am E
I'll show you my heart if you'll show me yours
Am E
Are we wild and unique or just par for the course
B A E
What've we got to loose anyway?
B A
From one drunk to another
E Am E
I think what I'm trying to say is
Am E
Some mirrors have been broken
Am E
And some things will pull you back
B A
But I see something growing
E Am E
Up from the cracks
E Am E
We've all seen the thunder that's coming in low
Am E
And each day tries to run you right off the road
B A E
But If you listen hard for the sound
B A
We'll get a thousand hooves drumming
E Am E
In this one horse town
Am E
The lights are out on the west-side
Am E
And they'll paint the shadows black
B A
But I swear I see something shining
E
Up from the cracks
They closed this bar an hour ago
The last train whistles down the track
But I see something growing
Up from the cracks.
